Zoo de Vincennes 2002 - Part of the Polar Bear exhibit

Scanned photo from my visit in July 2002.

Part of the Polar Bear exhibit.

I have never been to this zoo, but a lot of the animals appear to live in and around caves, do they still or did the redevelopment I read about in some of the picture comments do away with the Rock work?

dean said:

I have never been to this zoo, but a lot of the animals appear to live in and around caves, do they still or did the redevelopment I read about in some of the picture comments do away with the Rock work?

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They are rebuilding the entire zoo, which apparently will reopen in 2014 sometime. They will no longer have elephants or bears because of limited space in the zoo, but reportedly they will have a large herd of Central African giraffes, sifakas, and manatees, among other species.

Here's an article about the reconstruction of the zoo with some pictures. Google Translate made it readable for me: http://actuzoo.forumactif.com/t9544-parc-zoologique-de-paris-point-sur-les-travaux